I Built EasyUI From Zero — An Open-Source React Component Library

Suraj Maurya — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:32:01 +0000

I Built EasyUI From Zero — An Open-Source React Component Library

I got tired of rebuilding the same UI interactions again and again.

A button here.

A loading animation there.

A fancy card interaction that takes way longer than it should.

And every time I wanted something slightly different, I ended up writing it from scratch.

So I started building my own collection of React components.

I called it EasyUI.

What is EasyUI?

EasyUI is an open-source React component library focused on interactive, animated components that you can actually use in real projects.

The idea is pretty simple:

Don’t spend hours rebuilding an interaction that someone already made.

Instead, grab a component, customize it, and move on.

You can check it out here:

It started from zero

EasyUI didn’t start as a huge project.

I didn’t have hundreds of components ready.

I started with one.

Then another.

And slowly it became a proper component library.

Some of the components I’ve built so far include:

Text Scramble Decoder — animated text reveal
* Orbital Loading Ring — more interesting loading states
* Gravity Particle Burst — pointer-based particle interaction
* Achievement Reveal — animated achievement/event feedback
* Velocity-Aware Scroll Cards — cards that react to scroll velocity
* Liquid Ripple Button — interactive ripple/wave effect
* Branching Submenu — animated tree-style navigation
* Pill Navigation — minimal animated navigation And I’m still building.

Here’s how simple using a component should feel

For example, instead of spending an afternoon recreating a fancy interaction, the goal is to get something working with a few lines:

import { LiquidRippleButton } from "easyui";
export default function App() {
  return (
    <LiquidRippleButton>
      Get Started
    </LiquidRippleButton>
  );
}

Then customize it for your own design.

That’s the direction I’m trying to take EasyUI.

Simple to pick up.

Easy to customize.

But still interesting enough to make your interface feel less generic.

Why did I build it?

Because most of the time, I don’t need another giant UI framework.

I need one good component.

Something I can copy into a project, understand, change, and ship.

That’s the experience I want EasyUI to provide.

And because it’s open source, I’m also hoping other developers can improve it, break it, suggest ideas, and build things I didn’t think of.

What’s next?

More components.

Better documentation.

More interactions.

More customization.

And hopefully more people contributing to it.

I’m especially interested in hearing from React developers:

What component or interaction do you find yourself rebuilding all the time?

Maybe it’ll be the next EasyUI component.

Try it

Website: https://easyui.site

I’d genuinely love feedback — whether you like it, hate it, find a bug, or think there’s a component EasyUI absolutely needs.

This started from zero.

Now I’m just curious to see how far I can take it.

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I Built EasyUI From Zero — An Open-Source React Component Library

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